CATALOG RECORD

The Avengers #256

Marvel · Series began 1963 · June 1985

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Dates

Cover date: June 1985
On sale: February 19, 1985
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #256 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition65¢ cover

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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Newsstand edition65¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860245806 · shared with another edition
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Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.

Barcode 0714860245806 · shared with another edition
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Creators

pencils: John Buscemainks: Tom Palmerscript: Roger Stern, Jim Shootercolors: Christie Scheeleletters: Jim Novak

Stories

This Power Unleashed! · 22 pages
Terminus invades the Savage Land and begins destroying the entire area.

Publisher’s description

The Olympian Apollo visits Avengers Mansion to gift Hercules with new battle garb. During a team meeting, Wasp is reinstated as chairwoman and Black Knight accepts a bid! Allegiances will shift, as the Avengers find their footing under new leadership.

Characters

Steve RogersCaptain AmericaWanda MaximoffScarlet WitchJanet Van DyneVisionWaspHerculesMonica RambeauDane WhitmanThe Black KnightEdwin JarvisCaptain MarvelKevin PlunderKa-ZarErosZabuStarfoxTerminusApolloLevanSkunge

Reprinted in

Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (2003), Avengers: The Legacy of Thanos (2014)